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My title might be a bit odd but we were told that the new ticket office was open but that if it was not we would have to walk around to the old entrance, which is 1.4km's away. Well we got there the ticket office...More

Renovated big fortified fortress overlooking Dniester river. Must see in Transnistria. Recently wast park outside the fortresses has been open nicely adding up the whole set up.
Did you know that apparently Baron Munchausen was riding the canon ball there? He and the canon ball...More

Halfway- roughly between Tiraspol and Chisniau- , catch trolleybus no 19 or 19a from 25 oktober street and k-liebknet street or marshrutka no 20- 30 minutes then you are in Bendery Fortress.
Reconstructed and not too big- nice walk and quick tour. See photos for...More

The fortress is under reconstruction, and is impressiv standing at the edge of river Njestr.
The small museum is somehow interesting, and the view from the walls and the towers is ok. You can easily spend an hour here, before or after visiting Tiraspol.

This is one of the only things to see in Bender. The fort has a long history and it is worth getting a guide to tell you about it. Our guide did her talk in just 30mins. Have a wander around, make sure you go...More

We had a 30 min guided tour by Elena who spoke English well. She spurted out the script and didn't really allow time for it to soak in. The tour was rushed.
The fortress has been restored but gives an idea of what it was...More

Me and friend visited the fortress as part of Oleg tours. It was very muddy and as others have mentioned the surrounding area is quite ugly with an abandoned factory and Transnistrian army tanks.
The old Soviet factory just outside the fortress was very interesting....More

Visited this castle as a day tour from Chisniau to also include Transnistria a self proclaimed independent territory although not formally recognised by any other country other than Russia. Very good guide took us around the castle which is undergoing repair. It's not Caernarfon or...More

The fortress has special connections to Swedes which had the late King Charles XII which spend 2 years just outside the fortress waiting for the turks to fight the Russians together. This is described in the Museum inside the fortress. Thanks to Transnisria tours it...More